xlrd
Python Software Foundation
xlrd is a library for developers to extract data from Microsoft Excel (tm) .xls spreadsheet files. xlrd is a library for reading data and formatting information from Excel files in the historical .xls format. This library will no longer read anything other than .xls files. Ignores charts, macros, pictures, any other embedded object, including embedded worksheets, VBA modules, and formulas, but results of formula calculations are extracted, comments, hyperlinks, auto filters, advanced filters...